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title: "Commentary on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
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section: 57 of 59
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-habakkuk-zephaniah-and-haggai/57/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai, section 57. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-habakkuk-zephaniah-and-haggai/57/"
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# Commentary on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Haggai.

## 57. Chapter 3

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[¶0] 1 Woe to the polluted and the filthy—The city which is an oppressor! (261)

[¶1] 2 She has not attended to the voice, She has not received correction, In Jehovah has she not trusted, To her God she has not drawn nigh!

[¶2] 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges, the wolves of the evening; They break not the bones in the morning!

[¶3] 4 Her Prophets are vain, men of deceits; (268) Her Priests have polluted what is holy, They have subverted the law. (269)

[¶4] 5 Jehovah is just in the midst of her, He will not do iniquity; Every morning his judgment He brings to light,—he fails not: Yet the unjust knoweth no shame.

[¶5] 6 I have cut off nations, Waste have become their citadels, I have destroyed their streets, So that no one passes through; Wasted have become their cities, That there is not a man, not an inhabitant: (275)

[¶6] 7 I said, “surely, thou wilt fear me, Thou wilt receive instruction;” Then cut off should not be her habitation, However I might have visited her:—(279) Truly! they have hastened, They have corrupted all their doings!

[¶7] 8 Therefore look for me, saith Jehovah, Till the day when I shall rise up for the prey; For my purpose is, To gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, That I may pour upon them my wrath, The whole fury of mine anger; For with the fire of my indignation Shall be devoured the whole earth. (281)

[¶8] 9 But I will then turn to the people a pure lip, That they may all call on the name of Jehovah, That they may serve him with one consent. (283)

[¶9] 10 Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall be my suppliants; The daughter of my dispersed shall bring mine offering.

[¶10] 11 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed on account of all thy doings, By which thou hast transgressed against me; For then will I remove from the midst of thee those who rejoice in thy pride, And thou shalt not take pride any more In my holy mountain. (292)

[¶11] 12 And I will cause to remain in the midst of thee, A people afflicted and poor; And they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

[¶12] 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, And they shall not speak falsehood, And not found in their mouth shall be a deceitful tongue; And they shall feed and lie down, And there shall be none to terrify them

[¶13] 14 Exult thou daughter of Sion, Exult thou Israel; Rejoice, exult with thy whole heart, Thou daughter of je: (299)

[¶14] 15 Removed has Jehovah thy judgments, He has turned aside thine enemies; The King of Israel, Jehovah, is in the midst of thee, Thou shalt see evil no more.

[¶15] 16 in that day it shall be said to je, Fear not; Sion! relaxed let not thine hands be.

[¶16] 17 Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, He is strong, he will save; He will exult over thee with joy, He will rest in his love, (304) He will exult over thee with triumph.

[¶17] 18 The afflicted, at the appointed time, Will I gather,—who shall be of thee; Who sustained for her reproach. (308)

[¶18] 19 Behold, I will destroy all thine oppressors at that time, And I will save the halting, And restore the driven away, To make them a praise and a name In the land of their reproach.

[¶19] 20 At that time will I restore you, At that time will I gather you; For I will make you a name and a praise among all the nations of the earth; When I shall restore your captivities, Before your eyes saith Jehovah.

[¶20] end of new translation of zephaniah.

### Haggai

[¶22] A TRANSLATION of

[¶23] CALVIN’S VERSION of

[¶24] THE BOOK OF HAGGAI